Post by ricfaith on Jul 19, 2006 0:50:49 GMT -5
thewicked.sgblogging.com/
This site is by a Singaporean, so I'm somewhat proud There's a lite version and the normal one. I've seen the lite one and thought it was easy fun. Check it out sometime~
edit: I take it back. Not very proud at all. The lite stuff are quite nice now that I've finished them, but the main one borders on irritating. And not a nice kind of irritating like Enigma unfortunately. Allow me to discuss the two types of puzzles separately.
Lite or Junior as they've named it:
everything is a word puzzle. common phrases, and word play are what you'll find here.
eg. FAR FEW FAR = too far and few between
Most of them are nice.
2 personal favourites:
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Two mathematicians are walking around town one day. The first mentions that today is a special day for her, as all three of her daughters are celebrating their birthday today. The second mathematician is a great problem solver, and asks if she can have some hints to guess the daughters' ages. The first mathematician agrees, and gives the first hint:
"The product of their ages is 36."
The second mathematician thinks for a minute, and says that she needs another hint. After a little bit of thought, the hint is given:
"The sum of their ages is equal to the number of windows on this building."
The second mathematician can see all of the windows on the building, and accepts the hint. However, she says that she still doesn't have enough information, and asks for a third hint:
"My oldest daughter has blue eyes."
The second mathematian is now able to figure out the answer, and says the ages of the daughters.
What are the daughters' ages?
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A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in.
What should have he said?
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The original Wicked is another story. The level that I'm at is just irritating. Level 9 has dots on the screen, and I mean pixels. I'm not about to squint and kill myself looking for pixels on my monitor just to try and link them up to figure out the next level.
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Maybe Enigma sets a standard a bit too high, pictoral, logical and all, while Wicked is basically a javascript run site with white background and clues that are not too friendly.
eg.
Level 9: Dotz
and that's it??!
sigh.
This site is by a Singaporean, so I'm somewhat proud There's a lite version and the normal one. I've seen the lite one and thought it was easy fun. Check it out sometime~
edit: I take it back. Not very proud at all. The lite stuff are quite nice now that I've finished them, but the main one borders on irritating. And not a nice kind of irritating like Enigma unfortunately. Allow me to discuss the two types of puzzles separately.
Lite or Junior as they've named it:
everything is a word puzzle. common phrases, and word play are what you'll find here.
eg. FAR FEW FAR = too far and few between
Most of them are nice.
2 personal favourites:
---- ----
Two mathematicians are walking around town one day. The first mentions that today is a special day for her, as all three of her daughters are celebrating their birthday today. The second mathematician is a great problem solver, and asks if she can have some hints to guess the daughters' ages. The first mathematician agrees, and gives the first hint:
"The product of their ages is 36."
The second mathematician thinks for a minute, and says that she needs another hint. After a little bit of thought, the hint is given:
"The sum of their ages is equal to the number of windows on this building."
The second mathematician can see all of the windows on the building, and accepts the hint. However, she says that she still doesn't have enough information, and asks for a third hint:
"My oldest daughter has blue eyes."
The second mathematian is now able to figure out the answer, and says the ages of the daughters.
What are the daughters' ages?
---- ----
A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in.
What should have he said?
---- ----
The original Wicked is another story. The level that I'm at is just irritating. Level 9 has dots on the screen, and I mean pixels. I'm not about to squint and kill myself looking for pixels on my monitor just to try and link them up to figure out the next level.
--
Maybe Enigma sets a standard a bit too high, pictoral, logical and all, while Wicked is basically a javascript run site with white background and clues that are not too friendly.
eg.
Level 9: Dotz
and that's it??!
sigh.